Acknowledgments Introduction and Notes on Music and Transliteration One. The 'Awalim's Path to the Sala Two. From the Sala to the Silver Screen and Beyond Three. Ya Dall'a, Ya Dall'a: Demeanor and Flirtation Four. Mulid: Reinvigorating Spiritual and Popular Legitimacy in Egyptian Music and Dance Five. From Sha'bi Music and Culture to Mahragan Dance Music Six. Al-Raqs al-Sha'bi wa al-Musiqa Sha'biyya: Egypt's Regional Particularist Dances and Music in Transition Seven. Bad, Bad Baladi: Sama al-Masry and Dance as Sarcasm Eight. Globalization of Egyptian Dance Glossary Chapter Notes Bibliography Index